California Naturals
Series A in 2024
California Naturals is a personal care brand dedicated to offering clean, safe, and natural products at affordable prices. The company specializes in the manufacture of hair and body care items, including shampoo, conditioner, masque, body wash, and moisturizer. By providing these essential personal care products, California Naturals aims to replace harmful items commonly found in bathrooms and homes, promoting healthier choices for consumers worldwide.
California Naturals
Seed Round in 2023
California Naturals is a personal care brand dedicated to offering clean, safe, and natural products at affordable prices. The company specializes in the manufacture of hair and body care items, including shampoo, conditioner, masque, body wash, and moisturizer. By providing these essential personal care products, California Naturals aims to replace harmful items commonly found in bathrooms and homes, promoting healthier choices for consumers worldwide.
R.E.M. Beauty
Venture Round in 2023
R.E.M. Beauty is a cosmetics manufacturer dedicated to empowering individuals in their creativity and self-expression through makeup. The company offers a diverse range of products, including brow gel, concealer, eyeliner markers, lip liner pencils, eyeshadow palettes, lipstick, and lip gloss. By providing high-quality tools and innovative formulations, R.E.M. Beauty aims to support its customers in realizing their artistic aspirations and enhancing their personal style.
Henry Rose
Series A in 2023
Henry Rose is an e-commerce platform specializing in fine fragrances and related products, including gifts and accessories. The company focuses on transparency in its offerings, manufacturing perfumes with clear ingredients that are free from harmful substances such as parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, carcinogens, and endocrine disruptors. Each fragrance is dermatologist tested and verified by the Environmental Working Group, ensuring that consumers can trust the safety of their products for both personal health and environmental impact. Henry Rose provides a wide selection of scents that cater to individuals seeking both quality and safety in their fragrance choices.
Ceremonia
Series A in 2023
Ceremonia is a modern haircare brand that draws inspiration from Latin heritage, celebrating the richness of Latinx culture. Set to launch this fall, the company focuses on empowering individuals to achieve a confident, natural hair look. Ceremonia's product line includes sustainable and chemical-free hair care solutions designed to nourish the scalp, combat frizz, promote hair growth, and enhance shine. The brand aims to cater to the next generation by providing hair care products that not only repair but also improve the overall health of hair.
U Beauty is a science-driven skincare brand focused on creating personal care products that emphasize conscious creation and sustainability. The company aims to minimize its carbon footprint and achieve a zero-waste goal. U Beauty offers a proprietary capsule technology that delivers clinically proven benefits, including skin brightening, tightening, resurfacing, renewing, equalizing, and defending. This technology is designed to provide quicker results while avoiding irritation and optimizing collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid levels. U Beauty empowers women by providing an easy-to-use, all-in-one skincare cream that simplifies their skincare routine.
Madison Reed
Venture Round in 2022
Madison Reed, Inc. is a beauty company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in manufacturing hair care products, including permanent hair colors, root touch-up products, and color reviving glosses. The company employs a proprietary ammonia-free formula and uses technology to provide salon-quality hair color at home for an affordable price. Madison Reed also offers a range of hair care accessories and tools, such as color bowls, brushes, and professional color kits. In addition to its extensive online product offerings, the company operates hair color salons in California and provides franchising opportunities. Founded in 2013, Madison Reed is committed to creating hair coloring formulations that are free from harsh ingredients like ammonia and parabens, incorporating beneficial nutrients such as keratin and argan oil to cater to individual customer needs.
Peach & Lily
Venture Round in 2020
Peach & Lily, Inc. is a skincare and beauty company based in Bronx, New York, incorporated in 2012. The company specializes in producing a wide range of skincare products, including cleansers, toners, essences, serums, moisturizers, and various types of masks. Peach & Lily focuses on offering innovative and high-quality beauty products primarily sourced from Asia, catering to the preferences of U.S. consumers. The company's offerings are designed to promote healthy skin, utilizing formulations that avoid harmful chemicals, dyes, parabens, and sulfates. Peach & Lily sells its products online and through various retail partners both domestically and internationally, positioning itself as a prominent destination for those seeking effective skincare solutions.
ILIA Beauty
Series B in 2020
ILIA Beauty is a prestige line of clean color cosmetics that offers over 100 high-performance products designed to meet the expectations of natural makeup. The brand combines brilliant pigments with superior performance and nourishing organic ingredients, positioning itself as a leader in the rapidly growing clean beauty category. ILIA's product range includes skincare and makeup items, as well as accessories like blending brushes and travel bags, all formulated to be gluten and dairy-free and enriched with active skincare ingredients. Committed to ethical and sustainable practices, ILIA ensures its products are manufactured using recycled aluminum and post-consumer recycled paper printed with vegetable-based dyes, reflecting its dedication to environmental responsibility.
Youth To The People
Private Equity Round in 2019
Youth To The People Inc. is a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of skincare and cosmetic products, established in 2015. The company specializes in a range of items including cleansers, creams, serums, masks, and eye creams, all designed to replenish and renew tired skin. Its formulations are characterized by 100 percent vegan ingredients, cold-pressed extracts, and the use of clinical pro-grade actives, while maintaining a commitment to sustainability through recyclable packaging and the absence of added chemicals. Youth To The People also offers its products online, providing customers with access to effective and environmentally friendly skincare solutions.
Thom Browne
Acquisition in 2016
Thom Browne, Inc. is a New York-based company specializing in the design and marketing of modern tailoring and apparel for men, women, and children. The company offers a diverse range of products, including ready-to-wear clothing, footwear, leather goods, eyewear, ties, and various accessories. Known for its distinctive style, Thom Browne conveys a unique design aesthetic that blends classic tailoring with contemporary elements. As of August 2018, Thom Browne operates as a subsidiary of Ermenegildo Zegna Holditalia S.p.A., further expanding its reach in the fashion industry.